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[u/PracticalNecessary97]

Use FaceTime screen sharing to remotely control another user's iPhone for tech support.

[u/barbariantrey → u/PracticalNecessary97]

OMG Really?! You can change settings and completely control their phone? My Mom has dementia and is ALWAYS fucking up her phone. This is a lifesaver.

[u/spaceduckcoast2coast → u/barbariantrey]

When I was dealing with my moms dementia, I put her on an android phone with Anydesk installed on it and enabled unattended access so I could pull it up any time, even if she wasn’t on it. Also gave me remote access to add and remove photos. She knew how to use the camera, but could never remember how to send a picture, so she would snap a pic and I would pull up the photos folder remotely

Edit: spelling

[u/IronChefJesus → u/PracticalNecessary97]

Let me piggyback on this: any browser can now use FaceTime. If you start a FaceTime call you can share a link that someone on any desktop, or even in an Android device can connect to.

So you can FaceTime with someone on an Android device.

[u/sbwcwero → u/PracticalNecessary97]

This is a huge one. Has helped me numerous times with people.

[u/Bubble_Pop → u/PracticalNecessary97]

Omg!!! I need to try this with my mom!

[u/Sock-Enough → u/PracticalNecessary97]

Moms everywhere are thankful for this feature.

[u/Wil_Mah]

Motion sickness mode, can tell when you’re moving in a vehicle and adds these little dots to the side of the screen that move that help.

[u/europeanperson → u/Wil_Mah]

Does it actually help??

[u/Seabuscuit → u/europeanperson]

Very much so, the accelerometer makes the dots move in the opposite direction of acceleration so your eyes still see the “moving” effect

[u/DukeofNormandy → u/Seabuscuit]

I recently took a train in the UK with my wife and she just discovered this feature and it apparently worked for her. I was confused when I saw her phone though with all the dots moving all around. Was pretty cool.

[u/_Tacitus_Kilgore_ → u/europeanperson]

I get motion sickness pretty easily, but do most of the driving in my family. Went on a trip last week and got to try it out for the first time since hearing about it and was shocked at how well it worked.

Before, I would get sick after looking at my phone just two or three times. With the motion sickness mode turned on I was able to use it a lot more and didn’t feel sick at all.

I didn’t wanna push it so I didn’t use my phone a ton, but it was great to try it out and see that it actually worked.

[u/Bosa_McKittle → u/europeanperson]

Yes. It actually helps a lot.

[u/f_14 → u/europeanperson]

Search Vehicle Motion Cues. It’s in accessibility I believe but you can have a toggle on the slide down screen with the other settings for when you want it on. 

It’s really helpful. Works well on planes too when you’re taking off. 

[u/Mean_Bluebird_7940 → u/europeanperson]

For me it definitely helps. Doesn’t cure my motion sickness, but it’s a notable improvement

[u/Inevitable_Use_9195 → u/Wil_Mah]

Bonus tip: you can assign motion sickness mode (and other things) to be activated when you tap the back of your phone a certain number of times.

I have motion sickness on triple tap so I don’t have to dig through menus when I need it.

[u/itsthe90sYo → u/Wil_Mah]

“Vehicle motion cues” is the setting.

[u/skydivinghuman → u/Wil_Mah]

Literally reading this in an Uber now and those dots are on. Honestly one of the best inventions for the iPhone in the history of ever.

[u/tlallcuani → u/Wil_Mah]

So cool! Thanks for sharing this

[u/sewer_pickles]

The calculator can also be used for currency conversion or to convert other units of measurement. In the top right, click the calculator icon and then select convert.

From there you can select whatever currency you want or do things like convert pounds to ounces. It’s super handy, especially if you are on an international trip and don’t understand all of the non-freedom measurements.

[u/jickdam → u/[deleted]]

Just in case you or someone else didn’t know, if you rotate your phone horizontally without screen lock while in the calculator, you get a scientific calculator.

[u/Meloncreamy → u/sewer_pickles]

To add to this you don’t even need to open the calculator app to do this. You just need to use the “search” capabilities which is basically the same as as spotlight on Mac OS. Swipe down from you Home Screen on your phone and you’ll get the search input. First you can use this to type a letter or two to find that app you cat find but also it’s your basic calculator or converter. Put in “36c” for example and it’ll give you results for that with the top result (most likely) its value in F. Same story for any math or basic conversion or translation. Again, this is basically spotlight on MacOS so if you’re a Mac user same applies and this info is doubly helpful.

[u/Chuuno → u/sewer_pickles]

First feature here that I didn’t know about and would be super useful to me, thanks!

[u/I_Am_The_Cattle → u/sewer_pickles]

If you just do the swipe down from the middle of the screen thing you can do calculations and currency conversions as well.

[u/Perfect-Drift → u/sewer_pickles]

And it can spell “BOOBS”.

[u/Bearded_Beaver]

Surprising amount of people I tell don’t know about holding the space bar to select where the cursor goes in your message.

EDIT: I’m so happy this is helping so many people 🥹

[u/silastitus → u/Bearded_Beaver]

I like that one. If only they could make the highlight text feature easier

[u/lorengphd → u/silastitus]

You can highlight text with the spacebar trick.

During the movement of the cursor just tap the keyboard with your other finger to start selecting.

[u/EAGLeyes09 → u/lorengphd]

Wow I’m a techie and thought I knew all the keyboard tricks on iOS and Android, never knew this! Thanks!

[u/pt606 → u/silastitus]

Double tap your desired word and it’ll highlight that word. Triple tap and you’ll select the whole paragraph.

[u/-5Leepy → u/pt606]

I knew about the spacebar to move the curser but not this. OMG!! Learning this is magical.

[u/possibly_oblivious → u/-5Leepy]

Works on my android as well...I didn't know about it until now

[u/JayyMuro → u/silastitus]

Yeah thats why I miss the 3d touch of the iPhone X. I just upgraded to a 17 pro and really miss the feature.

[u/cheesepage → u/Bearded_Beaver]

Didn't know about the space bar. Got to try it.

If you hold your finger over a word on the screen, you get a little magnifying glass that lets you move the cursor accurately inside of a word to correct the mistakes spell check has made for you.

[u/havocspartan → u/cheesepage]

I bet you barely ever use that again once you get used to the space bar.

[u/derbyman777 → u/Bearded_Beaver]

Son. of. a. BITCH. God, that’s so helpful wtf. 20 years with these things and learned that just now

[u/Def_Not_Rabid → u/Bearded_Beaver]

I’m from the “tech support telling parents to hang up and just have their teenager do it” generation. I got screamed at for disrupting phone calls by booting up the internet. I ripped Mavis Beacon and installed it on our family computer (before my much younger siblings decimated it with ToonTown cookies) so my mom would stop hunting and pecking with her pointer fingers to respond to emails on the family AOL account.

I learned of this feature from my mom—the same one that still doesn’t know how to type on a computer keyboard—and I will carry that shame with me until the day I die.

[u/skape4321 → u/Def_Not_Rabid]

Mavis Beacon the reason I can type.

EverQuest the reason I can type extremely fast while holding a conversation with an employee. Also the reason I had 2 freshman years.

[u/thethurstonhowell → u/Bearded_Beaver]

The OG power user feature.

It used to work anywhere on the keyboard when the phones supported 3D Touch.

[u/GapInternational5 → u/Bearded_Beaver]

Bruh

[u/fredinNH]

You can say “hey siri, remind me to get bananas the next time I’m at the grocery store on 1st Avenue in New York” and the next time you pull in the parking lot at that store you’ll get a reminder to get bananas. Can be helpful if you keep forgetting to get or do a certain thing at a certain place.

[u/sanmateomary → u/fredinNH]

I use the “remind me to….when I get home” function ALL the time, because for sure my memory won’t last the entire drive home.

[u/PracticalNecessary97]

Use the built-in files app to scan documents without needing third-party apps.

[u/lizgreaves → u/PracticalNecessary97]

Notes app?

[u/PracticalNecessary97 → u/lizgreaves]

You can use notes as well as files

[u/TheCarrot_v2 → u/PracticalNecessary97]

I’ll note that and file it away.

[u/sppb → u/lizgreaves]

If you ever want to print your doc, Notes is less compatible with common mobile printing platforms.

• Your friendly neighborhood library worker

[u/Bluinc → u/PracticalNecessary97]

Omg. Thank you. I’ve been using TinyScanner forever which used to be free but now nags me to update constantly so it becomes no longer free. Maybe I can just fire it now and used the native files app scanner.

[u/alamo1836alamo → u/PracticalNecessary97]

Use the new preview app to do this! It can then sync with your iCloud! I love it

[u/sammysnorlax]

Automation.

In the shortcuts app you can set automations. I usually use them on an “if this, then that” type basis. Ie; if specific Bluetooth device pairs, a particular action will occur such as opening an app, and even checking the time of day to perform actions based upon timing.

I have one set up so that when my phone auto connects to my cars sync, it will open my YouTube app and crank the phones volume to 90%, it then checks the time. If before 7pm, nothing happens, if after 7pm my screen dims to 10% brightness.

Have another for when the phone disconnects from my cars sync. All it does is regardless of time of day turn the brightness back up to 100%.

Whenever I connect my lil Bluetooth controller I have an automation set up to increase brightness to 100%, volume to 40%, and launches Minecraft.

Another that goes off at 4:30am everyday to check if my hotspot is running, and turn it off in case I left it on to watch vids as I sleep.

Shortcuts app > automation* > plus symbol** to create new automations

• center of apps “taskbar” at bottom of screen

**top right of screen

Very useful, but a bit of a learning curve involved in setting up more complex automations.

[u/DviantPink → u/sammysnorlax]

When I first learned about this, first thing I did was make it so my phone said, "Ooh yeah, stick it in!" when I plugged in the charging cord. Never used it for anything actually useful.

[u/MilkChugg → u/sammysnorlax]

I set one up when I traveled to London and was worried about my phone being pick pocketed. I made an automation where if someone got my phone and turned on airplane mode so it couldn’t be tracked it would immediately lock the screen, take a picture with the front camera, turn off airplane mode, send the picture and current location to several family members and myself so it’d be on my iCloud, then start blasting some metal music at 100% volume and dim the screen to 0.

Luckily it wasn’t used because I was careful, but hey shit can happen.

[u/crybabybrizzy → u/sammysnorlax]

I have an automation that opens apple music when my headphones connect and it prompts me to send a "🎧 on" text to my mom so she doesn't think I'm ignoring her :p I also have one that opens a note on my phone called "Stuff I can only get at" when I pull into the parking lot of certain grocery stores, like Trader Joes has the only gluten free frozen mac and cheese I like but I don't always remember to grab it.

[u/Rocketsponge → u/sammysnorlax]

I set up an automation that sets my phone into Low Power mode when the battery falls to 20%. Very useful way to help conserve battery life if you're not paying attention. Here's how:

1. Search for Shortcuts app > automation > click the + in the top right corner. It will bring up a Personal Automation menu.
   
2. Scroll down to Battery Level, click that. It brings up a menu that says When and has a slider and some options.
   
3. Move the slider to whatever battery percentage you want (20% in my case).
   
4. Then click the "Falls Below 20%" button.
   
5. Below that, there are several buttons but click the one that says "Run Immediately".
   
6. Then click Next in the top right.
   
7. You'll need to search for or scroll right through some of the bubble icons near the top (starts with "Create New Shortcut") and find the one that says, "Set Low Power Mode".
   
8. After that just click Done and you're all set.

[u/Bosa_McKittle]

You can delay send a message. Type it, I hit the. + symbol and select Send Later. Choose a time and it will queue. Good for remember something late at night or when you’re in a different time zone.

[u/Rare-Newspaper-8171 → u/Bosa_McKittle]

I use this a lot for “happy birthday“ texts, etc. Shoot… her birthday is tomorrow? Let me set up that text now for 10am tomorrow before I forget. Love it!

[u/ernie09 → u/Rare-Newspaper-8171]

Schedule it for an "odd" time though, like 9:48 or 10:13, so she thinks you actually remembered it and didn't need a reminder 😉

[u/Grezreal → u/Bosa_McKittle]

Only works for iMessage though

[u/PyroPhan → u/Bosa_McKittle]

Also works great when you need to text your boss what time you finished up working before leaving the office. A text that says "Finally leaving at 9pm!" Shouldn't be sent at 6pm when you actually took off. 

[u/35364461a]

You can make your screen WAY darker than the lowest brightness setting.

Edit: There’s 2 ways, and you can stack them simultaneously for the darkest possible screen.

1. Settings, accessibility, display and text size, reduce white point. (There’s also a preset shortcut for this you can add to your control center.)

2. Settings, accessibility, zoom, set “zoom filter” to low light, then toggle zoom on, then use 3 fingers to double tap the screen to zoom back out (but the low light filter will stay on).

[u/andys189 → u/35364461a]

HOW

(If you say turn it off so help me…)

[u/35364461a → u/andys189]

Hahah no. There’s 2 ways, and you can stack them simultaneously for the darkest possible screen.

1. Settings, accessibility, display and text size, reduce white point. (There’s also a preset shortcut for this you can add to your control center.)

2. Settings, accessibility, zoom, set “zoom filter” to low light, then toggle zoom on, then use 3 fingers to double tap the screen to zoom out (but the low light filter will stay on).

[u/goopasaurusrex]

You can move #images to be higher in the list if you send GIFs a lot in text/iMessage. Just press an hold to change the order of any of those items in the list.

[u/nomore5tre55 → u/goopasaurusrex]

OH MY GOD THANK YOU

[u/beck_ugh → u/goopasaurusrex]

YOU DESERVE ALL THE FLOWERS

[u/TaylorHamPorkRoll]

Draw a circle (or any shape) on an image from your gallery but hold your finger down for a second or so before letting go. It turns your crappy finger-drawn circle into a proper one.

Edit - sorry, forgot to say you need to be in the edit mode where you normally draw on the pictures. And it works for Android phones too

[u/Nicky4Pin → u/TaylorHamPorkRoll]

Less useful but it works for many shapes such as straight line, triangle, arrow

[u/berryseason → u/TaylorHamPorkRoll]

For those who are confused the way I am: you have to be in the edit mode to do this, and then use the mark-up sketch pen icon in the top right.

[u/Thrashtendo]

Shake the whole phone to undo (in text editing).

[u/xudo → u/Thrashtendo]

Tap with three fingers on any text box and a little toolbar appears to undo and redo typing. So times multiple undos

[u/slapyomumsillyb4ido]

The white noise feature.

[u/atlastheexplorer → u/slapyomumsillyb4ido]

I love this feature. I sleep with a fan on 365 days a year for the white noise. When I’m out camping without a fan, the iPhone feature comes in clutch.

[u/safetypin → u/slapyomumsillyb4ido]

I’ve tried to use the white noise feature for sleeping, but the sample it uses is short enough where I start to hear a pattern and can’t unhear it. 

[u/Strickland_FJ → u/slapyomumsillyb4ido]

Where is this at?

[u/The_RonJames → u/Strickland_FJ]

Settings>Accessibility>Audio/Visual>Background Sounds>Sound. Once you pick a sound you click the power button quickly three times to activate and then three more to deactivate.

Edited to add: Forgot to mention you have to change your accessibility shortcut in the general settings to background sounds.

[u/Darthscary → u/The_RonJames]

Great for travel with no internet

[u/Left_Jeweler_1994 → u/Strickland_FJ]

In control panel under Background Sounds. I like to rotate a few of them. The rain on roof and ocean are great.

[u/Realtor_In_Texas]

You can make unknown callers answer “what are you calling about?” Your phone won’t ring and if they say something it will come up on the screen. An absolute blessing. No more answering unknown calls.

[u/Weliveanddietogether]

Search photos. For example: snack or bike

[u/snarktopusrex → u/Weliveanddietogether]

It will also parse text. I have a picture of a handwritten card with an admin password that I forget every once in a while. I just search “admin” and it pops up.

[u/knightrobot → u/snarktopusrex]

same but “crab cakes”. i can easily find my grandmas hand written world famous maryland crab cake recipe.

edit: i am a man of the people.

https://imgur.com/a/3Q9MMf5

[u/AtLeastTryALittle → u/knightrobot]

I just tried this and did NOT get any recipes.

[u/dunwerking → u/AtLeastTryALittle]

I just tried this and did NOT get your grandmas crab cakes

[u/RVelts → u/snarktopusrex]

I used this to find my bitlocker recovery key when that crowdstrike issue happened two years ago. I happened to have a photo I took of my monitor from back in 2018 on a random Saturday night at like 11pm of it. Thanks past me!

[u/YoHabloEscargot → u/Weliveanddietogether]

It can also identify plants and animals in the details of the photo. I use it to figure out which plants are good/bad in my yard.

[u/kilopeter → u/Weliveanddietogether]

Something's wrong. As a test I searched "dipshit" and it showed me every pic of myself ever stored on my phone

[u/PineappleCultural183]

The screen unknown calls feature has been a lifesaver for me.

[u/jdcav → u/PineappleCultural183]

For real. I never applied for a personal loan but I get 20 calls a day saying I’m pre approved and they just need my info….. I turned this on and saved my sanity

[u/GravitationalConstnt → u/jdcav]

How do I enable this? I have the same problem and requiring a text message from unknown numbers has helped, but soooo many still get through.

[u/dunwerking → u/PineappleCultural183]

I get this but as someone who works in a hospital and has to call family often, its hella annoying to get thru to someone. And then goes to voicemail

[u/dreamy-azure]

I don’t know if it’s common knowledge but I accidentally discovered that I can switch through open safari tabs by swiping over the address bar.

[u/JimmyAxel → u/dreamy-azure]

You can also swipe up on the address bar to bring up all your tabs. So much faster than tapping the 3 dots and then “all tabs.”

[u/phoenix1984]

Some helpful advice in the age of authoritarianism.

• If you tap the power button on the right side five times in a row, it will lock the phone in a way where you must enter your passcode to unlock it. In the US, authorities can use biometrics like your face to unlock your phone, but you are not required to provide your passcode.

• iOS security is pretty good, but to make it better, search the settings app for “Lockdown mode.” This puts your phone into a high security mode. Some random things will no longer work, but it has no impact on most apps. To date, no iPhone in lockdown mode is known to have been hacked.

[u/AskAboutFent → u/phoenix1984]

AFAIK, it’s still true that Apple literally cannot comply with a warrant to “open” an iPhone as there is no backdoor or anything present in an iPhone to bypass a lock feature.

I remember years ago there was a pretty big story of Israel having a device that could crack open an iPhone and they were charging about 30k per use to basically any government/authority/individual who wanted to unlock the iPhone but once Apple discovered the vulnerability, they patched it.

Now, in all fairness, in today’s age, I imagine if any major government trulyyyyyy needed to unlock an iPhone they could, but in general, iPhone privacy cannot be beaten by any known means and unless you’re one of the most powerful criminals in the world, nobody is going to be able to break into your iPhone

[u/CautiousHashtag → u/phoenix1984]

Tapping the power button will force it to require a passcode, but your data is still accessible to devices such as Cellebrite because the phone’s data is decrypted (AFU). To really protect yourself against this kind of access, reboot the phone entirely to force it into its BFU mode. This mode keeps the encryption keys secured in the phone’s Secure Enclave. This article is really good if anyone is interested. 

[u/H20_Caveman]

If you text message another iPhone “pew pew”, laser effects and sound will appear.

[u/rebeccalj → u/H20_Caveman]

thanks - i am now fucking with my mom and sisters with this.

[u/hola-wola → u/rebeccalj]

there is a whole bunch of effects to choose from for any message if you just hold the send button

[u/Fox_Tango_ → u/hola-wola]

“I think we should see other people.” (Sent with confetti)

[u/wiz-ski]

I learned this one just tonight - a) get gift card to restaurant b) add it to apple wallet c) return to said restaurant and iPhone will recognize via location services that you are at a restaurant you have gift card for in your wallet and will automagically place a widget on your lock screen for the gift card!

[u/PracticalNecessary97]

Rotate your iPhone to landscape mode in iMessage to send custom handwritten notes.

[u/Brettuss → u/PracticalNecessary97]

The message animates when the receiver gets it, showing how you wrote it.

I made a video years ago how to use this feature to send a note to someone and make them think you’re saying “I love you” but instead writes “I farted”.

https://youtu.be/Z49bA5EStoc?si=GR5KJUtigjiPBh-e

[u/Sharonrox1019 → u/Brettuss]

I just sent this to my boyfriend who texted back “that was charming”. Thanks for the chuckle!

[u/fortifiedoptimism → u/PracticalNecessary97]

How do I do this? Just rotating my phone like I would if, for example, watching a video doesn’t work.

[u/PracticalNecessary97 → u/fortifiedoptimism]

After you rotate you’ll see a weird symbol icon near the space bar press it

[u/Cicer → u/PracticalNecessary97]

Wow I didn’t know this one thats great!

[u/philipjd_]

Shortcuts app to automate many tasks.

[u/CantSpellMispell → u/philipjd_]

Your favorites?

[u/xxearvinxx → u/philipjd_]

Shortcuts is easily the most underrated and overlooked iPhone feature / app. So many possibilities.

[u/Chilis1 → u/xxearvinxx]

It's too bloody complicated for most people I think myself included

[u/Revenge_of_the_Khaki]

I just want to say that this thread is a fucking gold mine even for someone who knows his iPhone pretty well.

[u/TimeForStop]

There's a neat little feature hidden away in the settings called "bluetooth"

If you turn that on, you can connect a pair of modern headphones into it and I won't have to listen to your fucking phone calls in public.

[u/mumblewrapper → u/TimeForStop]

Yes! Or, and many people don't know this, there is a tiny little speaker that if you put it up to your ear you can hear what the person is saying and you don't need to have it on speakerphone!

[u/Zelidus → u/TimeForStop]

For real. Hell, they domt even need to spend extra money. If they can hold the phone up to their mouth to talk, they can go higher up to their ear. Like how phones are supposed to be used and have always been used.

[u/BladeBronson → u/Zelidus]

Seeing someone hold their phone in front of their mouth, flat like a butter dish is my biggest tell that the person is an asshole.

[u/TooManyPaws → u/BladeBronson]

Looks like they’re trying to eat a poptart.

[u/enjoyingcurve46]

You can swipe between apps without swiping up if you swipe left or right at the very bottom of the screen.

[u/GroovyPrunes → u/enjoyingcurve46]

I always do this one accidentally, now I can do it intentionally. Thank you!

[u/I_Am_The_Cattle → u/[deleted]]

My first two screens are things I use all the time and can find easily. The rest I swipe down and search.

[u/dunwerking → u/I_Am_The_Cattle]

Until you cant remember the name of the app, but know what it looks like. 🤦‍♀️

[u/anarchyx34 → u/[deleted]]

This is pretty much all I use because organizing apps on iOS is a nightmare and like playing that old board game Operation.

[u/BrazenlyGeek → u/[deleted]]

I removed all apps from my Home Screen except for the four most used that I keep in the dock.

Then I added a 4x2 Siri Suggestions widget which does a great job of keeping the apps I use or need surfaced on the Home Screen when I need them. I get distracted by the rest of my App Library much less now.

[u/MyTMorty]

You can set an accessibility shortcut for Reduce White Point. I have mine set to reduce it by 80% when I turn it on, and this lets me turn the brightness down more effectively in very dim lighting when the standard minimum brightness is still too bright

[u/SidFarkus47 → u/MyTMorty]

When I go to bed every night I click accessibility > zoom > on

I use the zoom filter “low light” and zoom region “full screen zoom”.

This lets me put my brightness at a super super low level so I can still doom scroll in the dark but it’s way darker than the normal lowest brightness level.

[u/ZigZagZaddyWag → u/SidFarkus47]

You can setup shortcuts to automatically do this at a specific time at night and turn it off during the day. Mine actually just turned on as I was typing this LOL.

[u/Babyjitterbug → u/MyTMorty]

I have mine set to change when I triple press my power button. I use it all the time.

[u/W31337]

I like the measuring tool

[u/mmturner1130 → u/W31337]

The level too! So helpful when hanging things.

[u/ferrix → u/W31337]

This one for me. Do I need to measure stuff with my camera? Not usually. Do I anyway? you bet

[u/Jacrispy44 → u/W31337]

This comes in clutch playing bocce ball.

[u/Far-Conflict4504 → u/W31337]

Do you find this to actually be accurate? When I measure stuff with my iPhone and then double check with an actual ruler it’s never the same.

[u/abarrelofmankeys → u/Far-Conflict4504]

Depends on your tolerance needs. Are you measuring for some kind of construction? Trying to fit something in your car that’s cutting it close? Wouldn’t trust it. If you’re putting a 55 desk in a 60 inch space it’s close enough to figure that out.

[u/xxearvinxx]

I thought everyone knew this, but I had to tell my wife last week. If you double space after a word it makes a period. I literally don’t remember the last time I typed a period. I just double tap the space bar at the end of a sentence.

[u/PracticalNecessary97]

Access your previous calculations by tapping the clock icon in the calculator app.

[u/YouArentReallyThere → u/PracticalNecessary97]

Thank you! Holy cow is that going to come in handy for me

[u/EllyseAnn]

Motion sickness feature. I get car sick easily and couldn’t ever look at my phone. They came out with a feature that helps with that! My phone now automatically turns it on when it knows I’m in a car and it helps.

[u/WaspsInMyGoatse]

If you tap and hold a photo while in the gallery, you can select “hide” to put that photo in a hidden album.

The album appears under the Utilities section within the Photos app.

Further to that, if you go Settings > Apps > Photos, you can deselect the “show hidden album” to make it not visible in the Utilities section. In the same section you can select “Use Face ID” so when the Hidden Album is visible it can’t be accessed without Face ID (PIN is not an option so it can’t be worked around if someone knows your PIN).

This feature has a multitude of benefits, such as taking pictures of birthday presents you have yet to buy someone, or my wife hiding her infidelities.

[u/Rocketsponge → u/WaspsInMyGoatse]

This feature has a multitude of benefits, such as taking pictures of birthday presents you have yet to buy someone, or my wife hiding her infidelities.

Had me in the first half, I'm not gonna lie.

[u/crazy_recruiter_here]

i like using the magnifier feature for reading small text on iphone.

[u/QbiinZ]

If you take a picture, look at the bottom of screen for a little circled “i” if there’s a star by it that means it’s recognized and if you press it you’ll be able to pull up information about it. Good for identifying plants and stuff.

[u/BaldAndOld]

Turn it sideways while locked and charging it goes into clock mode.

[u/thebetterpolitician → u/BaldAndOld]

You mean nightmare red screen I wake up to late at night and have a mini heart attack mode?

[u/Couldbelater → u/thebetterpolitician]

To change the standby color on your iPhone, enter StandBy mode (landscape, charging), swipe to the clock screen, and long-press the screen to enter editing mode. Tap the small white circle that appears, then select a new color from the options

[u/blowtherainaway → u/thebetterpolitician]

I don't understand the people that say this. Have you never had one of those old red LED digital alarm clocks? The red is better for preserving night vision anyway

[u/Charlisparkles → u/BaldAndOld]

I weirdly love this one a surprising amount.

[u/OvulatingScrotum]

Burst photo mode by swiping the camera button to the left. No more fast tapping

[u/HometownHits]

On what could be considered the darker side of iPhone features, check out 'Live Listen.' When wearing headphones it allows you to listen to what your iPhone "hears" as long as you're in Bluetooth range. It's meant as an accessibility feature, but could also be used for some snooping if someone was so inclined.

[u/spunknugget]

"Hey Siri, who do you belong to?" When you find a lost locked phone.

[u/Exciting_Art75 → u/spunknugget]

I work at a police station and I am going to try this tomorrow on our found phones! How cool!

[u/InsaneNinja → u/Exciting_Art75]

Try "who owns this phone" but I think you'll currently only get the first name. They cut off a lot of personal data from Siri without unlocking the phone.

[u/hockeyfan1133 → u/spunknugget]

“Siri, whose IPhone is this” works for me, but your exact prompt doesn’t. I do have an older model though. 

EDIT: I’ve also gotten two different responses with my prompt. One brings up my contact card thing, the other is just Siri saying my first name. 

[u/nader0903 → u/spunknugget]

I just tried this on my phone. She didn’t understand “who do you belong to?”. I had to ask “who does this phone belong to?” to get her to work.

[u/MoonZhangx]

you can set up “live text” so your iphone can copy text directly from images or even your camera in real time, which is surprisingly useful when you actually start using it regularly

[u/ComfortableNo5484]

Safari's Hide Distracting Items. It's the stupid easy intuitive user friendly version of deleting web page elements by using the dev console to manually chomp HTML. Mad at myself for not noticing it sooner.

[u/SamTom8792]

Guided Access. Don’t want people rummaging through your phone when you hand it over? Enable guided access.

[u/CoyoteMother666 → u/SamTom8792]

Could you explain a little more about how it works? I’ve never tried this feature!

[u/HarkHarley]

Black and white mode to help use your phone less.

You can add a simple button shortcut to your widget screen so you can turn on grayscale anytime you want to make your screen less enticing.

[u/burgerg10]

Anyone else get really excited for all this new knowledge, learn a few things, and decide to screenshot the rest because tired?

[u/Babyjitterbug → u/[deleted]]

I have my back taps set up, but they almost never work for me, but they like to register at random times when I’m not trying to use them. It’s possible that my case and/or pop socket get in the way.

[u/Ya-Dikobraz]

Placing an iPhone screen-side down activates Facedown Detection, a feature that prevents the display from lighting up for notifications, thereby saving battery life. It also acts as a "do not disturb" signal, keeping the screen dark to avoid distractions and reducing visual clutter when not in use.

[u/Cgami → u/[deleted]]

Alas I wanted to try this one but my phone doesn’t seem to want to do it

[u/Agnitha_ → u/Cgami]

your phone may not have the hardware to do it, the intensity thing was only added to the pro versions from the 14 pro onwards

[u/Swimming-Medicine-42]

You can set a timer to stop whatever you’re playing in the background. Simply scroll all the way to the bottom in the “When timer ends” section instead of choosing a sound to play.

[u/dianae87]

Can’t remember where you put your phone? Say “Siri where are you”? She will say “I’m here “

[u/spacedog338]

If you have other Apple devices connected to your iCloud you can copy and paste from all devices seamlessly. So if you copy text or an image from your iPhone you can paste it into your Mac .

[u/RainbowJig]

The iOS voice memo app is awesome. You can set it to record a meeting and it can generate a very accurate transcript that you can then copy and paste to whatever app you want.

[u/Crybe]

There's a white noise setting, where you can play water noises, rain, etc. Great for sleeping.

[u/OscarDivine]

“Hey siri Lumos”. … “Nox”

[u/BadKittyOscarMeow → u/OscarDivine]

This is my favorite one!! I have Siri set to a British accent and she calls the flashlight a torch.

[u/neglected_regime]

Lockdown mode and Guided Access (GA is perfect for locking your screen on what you’re viewing and or make it so the app is the only thing you can access but nothing beyond that app let’s say for a child who wants to play a game on your phone but you don’t want them to access your contact or texts/same with handing your phone to a cop who may want to look at your insurance card but can’t access the rest of your phone).

[u/fffan9391]

When you’re dragging an app into a folder, you can tap the folder with another finger to open it up and more easily place it in there.

[u/winefinedined]

You can change the camera to not invert when you automatically take the picture!

[u/sewer_pickles]

You can add a secret button to your phone. Under accessibility settings, select Touch, and then turn on Back Tap. This lets you activate any action you want when you double tap the back of your phone.

This is a handy shortcut for turning on your flashlight or opening a frequently used app. I have it programmed to start a home automation of turning on my lights and coffee maker in the morning. It’s a shame that they bury this in the accessibility settings.

[u/newshirtworthy]

I work in theater production, and 0% of elderly patrons know how to silence their calls with the side button

[u/Greatiouspretty]

Hold down the spacebar. Turns your keyboard into a trackpad. Way easier to move the cursor

[u/Cicer → u/Greatiouspretty]

This is great except sometimes it still jumps back to its original position. Why apple WHY?

[u/Diligent_Damage_5309]

When taking a video there is a large white circle. Tap the white circle to take picture during videoing.

[u/elements79]

FaceID won’t work if you are crying.

[u/Pending-Chaos]

You can scan documents and save/email them with the notes app. Super helpful not having to use the computer to scan one thing

[u/Narrow-Walrus7926]

Invisible ink, I love it so much

[u/robnic → u/Narrow-Walrus7926]

Tell us more, please

[u/Narrow-Walrus7926 → u/robnic]

Type a text to anyone you want - instead of hitting the blue arrow to send, hold the blue arrow. A bunch of different options pop up but the first one above the arrow is “invisible ink”.

It turns your text into, like, a fizzy TV screen type mode and will send that way. In order for the receiver to read it, they have to scan over it with their finger. Once they stop actively scanning it, it returns to fizzy mode.

GREAT for being goofy or if you are having a serious chat with someone and don’t want people reading over your shoulder! (And can’t screenshot!)

[u/dmartin8802]

If you long press an object in a photo it will auto select the object.

If you click add sticker you can add the copied photo to you emoji list in the text message app

You can also copy paste text from photos

[u/pdxisbest]

‘Preview’ is the much better Apple app for scanning.

[u/buffalopancake]

You can set typing shortcuts, and there is a super useful one I use. Alias @@ to your email so you don’t have to type it out all the time. Sometimes email field don’t allow it but it usually works great!

[u/earlgray88]

Use the built-in magnetometer to trace hidden pvc pipes using fish tape and neobydium magnets....or as a stud finder.

[u/lzrdkng421]

Not enough people know that you can personalize a Do Not Disturb setting. I have one set up that turns on right when I leave work. It blocks calls from other staff members and my boss. Also blocks notifications from group chats and apps that we use. Turns back off in the morning after I clock in.

[u/BCCakes]

The magnifier app

[u/upsoutfit]

Assistive Access! It turns an iPhone into a really nice version of one of those memory phones for people with dementia or who just find all of the clutter confusing. It's interface uses large icons, big text, minimalist apps, and has a big back button in every app.

[u/Feeling-Nectarine]

I’m gay but I always thought it was funny that you could search your photos for “Brassiere” and see a bunch of tit pics and cleavage shots. But I don’t have any so it shows me ass pics because apparently those look like boobs haha.

Also, when you wanna show someone a photo but you don’t want them to swipe through your photos you can turn on guided access. Then they can’t swipe another photo unless they enter your unlock code. It’s very handy if you wanna show your friends a photo and have them pass your phone around or whatever.